Putin: Snowden Not Revealing Any Leaks While In Russia, Was Condition of Asylum
Says he envies Obama for "getting away with" what Snowden revealed the government was doing
President Vladimir Putin says Moscow isn't controlling National Security Agency leaker Edward Snowden, who has asylum in Russia.
Putin said at a news conference Thursday that any revelations published by Snowden must have come from materials he provided before landing in Russia.
He reaffirms that Russia made providing refuge to Snowden conditional on his halting what he called ant-American activities.
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What is PUtin's game here? Is this an olive branch to the black messiah? Is he saving the leaks for later? Does he realize that he really has no control over whether Snowden leaks anything?
Got it! The KGB knows all that shit already and doesn't want the US to know what it knows. Damn clever those commies.